DETROIT, JULY 20, 1888.

 

THE HOUSEHOLD-"Supplement.

 

WASHING THE DISHES.

 

She stood upon a shady porch
Before a milk-white table,
And o’er her head a rose-vine wreathed
The brown old-fashioned gable.
A pretty cotton gown she wore,
With sleeves rolled up displaying
Her lovely arms, and on the breeze
, Her curls were lightly straying.
This side a cage of song-birds hung.
And that a globe of fishes,
And butterflies flew in and out,
And hovered lovingly about
The maid that washed the dishes.

At first she dreamed not I was near,
And never ceased her singing,
While through the shining bubbles fast
Her dainty mop went swinging,
But soon she spied me, and I heard
A little rill of laughter,
And straight my heart sprang to her side,
And I sprang quickly after.
And in a moment more I’d told
My love, my hopes, my wishes,
And marked her bright eyes brighter grow;
And then—work must be done, you know—
She washed, I wiped, the dishes.
—Margaret Eyténge.
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SMALL ECONOMIES.

 

This is a subject that should concern
every one of us, and we should make it our
study. The trouble is we do not economize
in the right way. Many of us may have a
disposition to save, but not with prudence
or frugality. We may not know how to
manage without loss or waste, or how to
make the best use of little means to bring
about the best results. Economy is a vir-
tue, but when we save so as to become
covetous or miserly, it ceases to be such and
is no longer economy. We can use econo-
my in the enjoyment of our homes; shall
we beautify them and make them attractive
according tothe means we possess that they
may be pleasant to each member of the
family? Ought we not to make a Special ef-
fort in making the evenings at home attrac-
tive, that each member of the family may
look forward with delight to the evening
hour, spent so pleasantly together? Will it
not lighten the labor of the day, and remove
in a degree the fatigue of farm labor? Do
we not make farm labor too much a mere
means of subsistence, and not add the in-
tellectual, moral and social culture which
man so much needs?

We frequently hear it said, “It is hard
times, and we must economize; we must
patch up the old clothes,” as if woman’s time
were not worth much; but if we spend
enough time in patching up the old clothes
to buy new, do you call that economy? Some
people do not stop to think to make the

best use of little means. If time is money
and we are not in a position to make it
such, the first thing that is to be done is to
put ourselves in such a position. That is
what we mean by economy; not a narrow,
miserable soul, who never can give a penny
beyond self, and not half take care of self,
so he can count his miserable dollars. We
should be moderate in all things.

If we save from our table, denying our—
selves nourishing food that we may be
richly clothed, or if we go shabbily dressed
that our house may be well furnished, I do
not call that economy. We must in each
department make the best use of whatwe
have to bring about the best results. But
few are possessed of a true economy, and
yet it is necessary for the success of the
farmer, both on the farm and in the house.
We should have a place for everything, and
see that things are kept there. Whatever
you do, do it well, and make every move
count. Do not keep the men waiting for a
late breakfast or dinner. I need not tell
you that fences should be well kept that
cattle do not break over and destroy, that
hens and pigs should not run in the garden
or flower yard. I give a bit of experience
to illustrate: We had some pigs about six
weeks old, that found their way out of the
pen into the door-yard; they were cute little
things, little beauties, as black as night.
One day I said to my husband, “ You had
better shut those pigs up.” He said:
“Don’t you know that pigs can’t grow shut
up in a pen?” As they were running
around how pleased he was to see how those
pretty little things did grow! I had just set
out a bed of tulips and crocus bulbs, of new
varieties, for which I had sent to James
Vick, and before I saw what those miser-
able little pigs were about, they ate up every
one of those flower bulbs. And I, like any
other sensible woman, sat down and cried;
and I got caught at it, too. But the pigs
were shut up, and the conclusion was that
it was not economy to fatten pigs on flower
bulbs. Sometimes the neglect of one small
thing will cause so great a loss that it is ir—
reparable.

In speaking of economizing time, I have
have thought that some women, as well as
men, were unnecessarily helpless. One
should not trouble the other to do what they
can do for themselves. A man, when he
dresses himself in his best, should know
where to find his clothes and how to put
them on, without calling on his wife, for
she generally has all she can do to be ready
on time. Where is the man who can with
patience wait for the woman to put on the
_ extra touches? And yet he is pleased if she

 

looks a little better than his neighbor’s
wife.

should know how to keep it sharp, and
should have a Whetstone handy, and not
use the stove for that purpose. Economy
in every department is the foundation of.
real success, and therefore the formulation
of helping itself. We are all creatures of
habit, and some people have very filthy
habits. Think of the money that is wasted.
in the use of tobacco; fifty cents a week
makes over a thousand dollars in twenty
years’ account, and who is benefitted? We
should form while young habits of neatness,
prudence and punctuality. We should learn
so to plan our work that no time is wasted;
Some may say what little time they waste is
but a trifle, but is not life itself made up of.
trifles, and' sometimes the performance of
these little trifles, as we are pleased to call
them, will make our whole life a success or.
failure. Then how essential it is that we
should look well to these small things. And
their results are beautiful homes and well-

filled barns, happy hearts and pleasant
faces.

But what is a pleasant face worth without
a well—filled mind? Then we need economy
in choosing our reading, that it may be
from the best class of writers. It is best to
feed the mind with good, healthy food. We
need literary culture. The mind needs cul—
tivating just as much as do our fields to pre-
pare them to bring forth. If the mind is not
great in man, what is he? The mind is too
precious to store rubbish there, and there
should be no room for poisonous reading;
store the mind so full of good that it will;
resist evil.

There is much to be learned from observa-
tion and reading. We should profit by
others’ success or failure, for we cannot see
our own mistakes until it is too late; and it
takes a whole life to learn. How few of'
us live in a way to show that life means:
something, or that life is for a purpose. We
want to have enough knowledge in store so
that when we Speak or write we will say
something, say it in such a manner that it
will make an impression on others’ minds.
We may read so much that it will weaken
both mind and body; while careful reading
and reflection will strengthen both. .

When we are asked to write for the little
HOUSEHOLD, is it economy to refuse? It
will give us help that we would not get in
any other way. Then we should look at it
as a privilege, tending toward our own ad—

 

_ vancement; for when we have done the best
‘ we can, we have not given more than we

have received. And when you hear the Ed

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‘itor’s call to fill that “aching void” drop
«everything, take your pen and paper, and
sit under the shade trees, among the flowers,
.and for an hour forget all about fruit-can-
:ning and extra harvest men, for when you
‘.hear her calling for help, do not leave what
'you can do for another.

In conclusion, it is economy to make the
{best Of all we have and are, but how have
we lived in economizing for the life to come?
When we have been led to see what was
wrong, have We tried to do what we could
'to make it right? And have we so lived
without loss or waste to forward the cause
of Christ and make our Own salvation sure?

MRS. R. D. P.

BROOKLYN.

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THE BURTON FARMERS’ CLUB.

 

I would hardly dare attempt to comply
with our Editor’s request, thinking to make
any useful suggestions in regard to con-
ducting a farmers’ club. It would certainly
be a greater benefit to us all to hear from
members of some of the older clubs, and I
hope we shall hear from them speedily, but
possibly I may be able to give a word of
encouragement to those wishing to organize
such a society. I am very willing to try,
for. I think the more such organizations
there are, the better it will be for the
farmers. Not only does this meeting to-
.gether to exchange ideas, and consult about
the difierent methods of doing work, add
pleasure and profit to the duties of farm
life, but it is asocial benefit as well. Try
it, and see if it does not promote more
sociable and friendly feelings in the neigh-
borhood than when we depend for society
and entertainment on the usual mode Of
visiting—a company, either large or small,
getting together occasionally, with no
especial Object in view, the principal sub-
jects of conversation usually being the
weather and our neighbors.

Our Club has hardly passed its experi—
mental stage, although the interest and en~
thusiasm manifested encourage us to hope
for continued success. I think none of us
were familiar with the usual proceedings of
such a club, but we had learned something
of .them from the FARMER. Six months
ago, we met together, aboutadozen families,
to see what could be done toward organiz—
ingaclub. You know the papers tell us
that aftera man has been to dinner is the
proper time to try our persuasive powers,
:so dinner came first on the programme,
after which we were not long in deciding
to efiect an organization. We accordingly
proceeded‘ to elect oru' officers, president,
vice president and secretary. for six
months. The office of vice president, how-
.ever, has been only a “hollow mockery,”
zunless there is something “in a name;” so
:you may judge of the faithfulness of our
, president. The necessary committees were
.appointed; one to prepare the constitution
.and by-laws, another to arrange programme
for the next meeting. The president ap-
-,points a committee of three, at each meet-
iing, toselect a subject and prepare a pro-
gramme for the next. It is customary in
some places to have the programme made
out, and places of meeting appo.nted for
the year in advance. This .arrangement
would have its advantages, and perhaps its

disadvantages also. We have usually had
two or three persons appointed to prepare
papers at each meeting, and a general dis-
cussion follows the reading of those papers.
When convenient we have music, and in
the winter, the special evening meetings
are very pleasant and instructive, and I
think help to keep up the interest in the
club.

Our last meeting numbered about thirty,
and it was decided not to admit any more
members, as we have as many as can con-
veniently be accommodated. ' The suggest-
tion was made, at first, to have a limited
bill of fare, so that the hostess’ tasks should
be as light as possible, but the hostess,
being a woman, usually does as she pleases
about that. Where it is not convenient to
set a long table, the little caterer boards are
just the thing for such a company, and a
half dozen of them, will accommodate
twenty—four persons.

We were afraid there might be some dif-
ficulty in selecting subjects that would be
of interest to both the men and women, but
have had no trouble so far; and I am in-
clined to think it is a good thing for each
to take an interest in the other’s work and
success, and I know of no better way of
awakening such an interest. I hope the
time will soon come when every farmer in
Michigan shall live within reasonable dis-
tance Of such a society. We need to get
better acquainted with each other, and to

feel a more common interest. s. J. B.

BURTON.
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A NEW WAY TO COOK PEAS.

 

I have wanted to'add my mite by way of
telling some of my methods of canning and
preparing food, after reading so many
other ways. In canning no one has
mentioned the care of fruit cans. As I
empty a can I wash it, removing the rubber
carefully, not leaving it stretched 0n the
can until next year, and when thoroughly
dry place inside the can; put the cover,on
loosely and set in a clean cupboard, and
next year when the hurrying time comes
you will not have to waste time washing
and fitting covers and rubbers. Next, 1 al-
ways have a pail of cold water and a coarse
towel, and after wetting wring out and
fold six or eight double and place under
my can when ready to fill; and I seldom
ever break a can, and it is so much easier
handling them. In cooking fruit I always
make a syrup of my sugar and juice, if
possible to have enough to melt the sugar;
heat boiling hot, then drop in the fruit, and
when canned it is not all mussed up, but
beautifully whole and nice, pleasing to the
eye as well as the taste. "‘A thing of
beauty is a joy forever;” this will apply to
our food as much as any thing in the world,
and to do this we must be careful in pre-
paring our dishes, and also about the man-
ner in which they are served. .

Now I want to tell you how I cook
green peas. First prepare the peas, then
put a generous lump of butter in your
kettle, heat boiling hot, pour in the peas,
stir over the fire with a spoon until they are
a bright green; have boiling water ready to
cover them, add salt and pepper, cover
close and cook thirty or forty minutes; add

 

some milk or cream before taking up; they

are delicious. Boil beets until tender, skin
and place in a dish; hash with aknife, add
pepper, salt and a lump of butter; then
vinegar to suit the taste, put in the oven and
serve hot. ' ‘
How many of the HOUSEHOLD readers
have good gardens? The garden seems to
be a much neglected part of farming in this
section of the country. M. s. P.

Oxanos.
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FROM DIXIE'S LAND.

 

I have been anticiptating midsummer in
Memphis as a time of general par-boiling.
To my great relief the days thus “far have
risen and set, bringing no warmer weather
than we usually have at this season in
southern Ohio. We have slept under a
light comforter every night, as after sun-
down the atmosphere cools rapidly, is even
unpleasantly damp outside the house after
dark.

The anniversary of “the day we celebrate”
has not awakened much demonstrative
enthusiasm in the ease-loving southerner.
The small boy is forbidden the luxury of
flinging about fire-crackers in this city of
vast cotton sheds, but everybody is invited
out to Estival Park to hear the big cannon
boom at 2 o’clock I". M., get tworides on the
toboggan and see the fireworks at night, all
for 25 cents. Memphis, by the way, is not
apicayunish Yankee city where an even-
ing’s amusement maybe obtained without
money and without price. In trade no
pennies are used—nothing less than a
nickel. The day has been most e11joyed,'as
are all holidays here, by the colored people,
who flock into the city by hundreds, swell-
ing the numbers to a dense crowd of all
shades, from a light nankeen to ebony,
which, viewed from an upper window,
presents a grotesque and ludicrous picture
represented by no other class. The
“country nigger” is distinguished by
cleaner clothes and a general indication of
having prepared for the occasion. Those
who live in the city generally own nothing
except what they have on. Ilook upon them
as the most hopelessly shiftless specimens
of the human race. Since living among
them I fear my sympathies are less active,
though I shall never be able to join with
those who so shamefully impose upon their
ignorance. They are employed by white
people to work for them without any regard
to paying them. They are sometimes
handed a pittance and asked to wait, which
they do cheerfully. They even appear to
think more of those who, treat them
roughly than of those who deal with them
fairly. I see them in the stores clothed in
rags, making the most senseless invest-
ments, as they are passed from one clerk to
another with a wink that implies they are
not to escape with any money. This is how
the rich accumulate, and why they do not
want white laborers who know how to
count the dimes. I have never yet seen a
white man here driving a dray, digging a
ditch, carrying a hod or laying a rail. The
colored men it is said hate white laborers as
much as the employers, and do all they can
to make a white man’s life unbearable if
compelled to compete with them in their
employments. Verily, the South is not for

 

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“nigger and the mule ” find an element in
the drudgery, and those who enjoy social
privileges must have money. This is my
experience after a. residence of almost one
year, as also the uttered testimony of all
northern people I have met who have been
here any length of time. Those who have
never seen the effects of slavery cannot
conceive the arrogant indolence and selfish-
ness engendered—to the third generation
:since the abolishment.

Memphis is acity of many magnificent
homes, as well as hundreds of hovels of
poverty; beautifully shaded streets and
inconvenient distances, which are being
Lrapidly spanned with street railroads; is a
.growing commercial center, but is wholly
:southern in traffic as well in social customs.
‘The highest rank in either is conceded to
'those who have the greatest revenues,
especially if secured to them without effort
on their own part. .

A visit to the country just after the pro-
longed rains gave me an idea of the
tendency of the soil in this section to wash
into deep gulleys, leaving the land un-
tillable. It does not produce any of the
grasses profusely enough to be of great
walue for grazing.

We visited a lady who is superintending
her farm, and were gratified to find a
:southern woman brave enough to set aside
s'the labor prejudice and work with her own
lhands; notwithstanding she dipped snuff
incessantly, anot uncommon habit among
numerous women of pretensions, though
fhappily falling into disrepute.

In writing as I do from the standpomt of
'the plain American farmer who asks noth-
ing but health and strength to rise early
.and wait on himself, it is with no feeling of
antagonism toward this particular communi-
ity, only a desire to give to others, who have
been reared as I have been, the facts con-
-cerning what they must meet should they
remove to this part of the country. I say
unhesitatingly, that whoever is brave
renough to come south to live by the labor
«of his hands, without a bank account, is
bound to live in comparative isolation if
;not social ostracism for several years.

DAFFODILLY.
Maurine. Tenn.

M.—

'OUR NATIVE LAND THE BEST.

 

Although not a subscriberto the FABMER,
it is taken in the family where I now re-
:side, and I have been a weekly reader of
the HOUSEHOLD for months. I have be-
come quite interested in the contents of the
little messenger, especially in the writings
of E. L. Nye. She writes likea person who
has “travelled;” and next to sketches of
domestic life give me interesting incidents
of travel. NO novels or love stories for me,
.and if our young women, instead of Spend-
ing their time over light and flashy litera-
rture, would store their minds with useful
knowledge, they would make far better
'wives and mothers, and our daily papers
would not be filled with such advertisements
.38 “ Hannah Smith vs. John Smith, divorce
wease,” and the like.
When I so often see or hear the announce-
ment that Mr. —, wife and daughters are
:to “spend their vacation in Europe,” I
‘wonder do they ever think of the—to them

—unknown wonders of our own land. Let
them spend five years in the Rocky Moun-
tains, '(as I have done.) or even five months
or five weeks: let them pass through the
Royal Gorge, the Grand Canon, and Ute
Pass, visit the Garden of the Gods, Glen
Eyre and the Cave of the Winds, go through
those mountain passes where the thunders
roar and the lightnings flash, and where
God’s handiwork is piled up on every side,
and then if they think there is nothing
grand, sublime or magnificent in their own
country, let them take a trip to Europe.

God willing, I shall return to my moun-
tain home in a. few weeks, and would like
to take the HOUSEHOLD with me.

AUNT LUCY.

PAW Paw. HH—

OUR LITTLE INVALID.

 

It is the Fourth, orrather the fifth of July,
and mamma and I are keeping house alone;
the rest of the folks are gone. Last Fourth
I could not get about, and my little sister
invited the little girls around, numbering
about twenty, and they had a nice time
singing, speaking l ieces and the like, with
refreshments at about six o’clock, on the
lawn. I enjoyed it very much, lying at the
door and watching them. I think that is a
very nice way for people to let their children
enjoy themselves on the Fourth, those who
are too small to go among larger folks and
learn the wicked ways of the world.

I suppose Violet has got through picking
strawberries. I can not pick berries or any
kind Of fruit, but Ihave to pick over most
all our berries, and stone all of the cherries
and such work as can be done with the

hands. TEMPERANCE.

Woonsmn.

[Beatrix accepts Temperance’s invitation
with thanks, and promises to call “some
day,” the next time she is out driving, if
possible]

A WORTHY ENTERPRISE.

 

The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Presby‘
terian church of this city have arranged for
what they call the people’s popular star
course and summer series of lectures and
literary and musical entertainments. Miss
Helen Potter gave the first of the series—~21
literary recital. Camilla Urso, the renowned
lady violinist gives a grand concert July 14,
and Kate Field comes July 28th, with her
1ecture——“The Mormon Monster.” I have
aseason ticket and expect to be as highly
entertained by the last two as I was by the
first one of the course. Miss Potter’s
elocutionary entertainments are of a high
order; her impersonations exquisite bits of
comedy, tragedy and farce. And as I sat
there taking it all in, I wondered why in
our country churches such lecture courses
could not be gotten up by the ever inde—
fatiguable Ladies’ Aid Society. These
famous lecturers might not be available,
and again they might if time and circum-
stances were taken by the forelock. But
then, as now, when I got this far with my
plan for giving the good people of the
pleasant farms a chance to pass a most
charming and profitable evening at the
church, the hydra-headed “I can’t,” that
keeps them at home, even when such op-

 

portunities come to the door, looms up in

my mind, and I am forced to confess that
the only thing the Ladies’ Aids can do is

communion services, and send money to

the heathen in Booriooboolahzah.

L. NYE.
FLINT.
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E. L. NYE’S PERSONAL HISTORY.

 

Her back positively points an index in the
Declaration of Independence (as you may
possibly have guessed.) She was born un-
der the plant Mercury, in the midst of a
glorious mid-September sunset. (These,
too, have their analogous consequents in her
life and character, which may and may not
have appeared to the “naked eye” of the
spectacular HOUSEHOLD.)

Early in life, while yet, indeed, her feet
swung beneath the “bench” and the floor
between the “front seat” in the much carv-
ed old school-house, she became enamored
of a vocation. She set her mark at its en—
trance gate, and at the age of thirteen had
won the “certificate” that was her “open
sesame.” Duly she entered. Dutifully,
and she trusts successfully, she labored
there for several years. But no sooner had
she reached the acme of her ambition there-
in, than duties developed by the death of
her mother, set her in the midst of the cares
and shelter of her Home—in-the-Hills. The
years passed swiftly, uncounted. until 10,
here am I. Yours faithfully,

E. L. NYE.

FLINT. ____..._____

WHY GIRLS DREAD TO MARRY.

 

“I never desire to be an old maid, but I
know so many women who would gladly be
single again that I think I am safest and
happiest; and though I shallprobably follow
their example some day, yet I dread to
marry.” This incidentalremark of a young
lady of twenty—eight, voiced the sentiment
of many intelligent and lovable women.

The cause of the reluctance with which
sensible women marry is set forth in that
sentence, and in the fact that few of our
young men of to-day are worthy the respect
and admiration of a woman. “ When I see
a man like my father,” said a bright young
lady, “ I know I will love him.” And it is
well that our young ladies have such a high
ideal of manhood.

Another reason for their aversion to mar-
riage lies in the fact that the average girls
are now reared to habits of self—reliance and
self-support, by which they can entertain
and support themselves in a comfortable
manner. Many husbands fail in this re-
spect.

Fifty years ago a girl must “work out”
for fifty cents a week or get married. Con-
sequently a great many married young; but
their daughters are full of the rebellion and
pluck and purpose that will storm a citadel
rather than follow their mothers’ footsteps,
and submit to their humiliations. And is
it not better so? When they do marry. will
they not have learned to “ bear and for-
bear;” to over-look in a great degree the
faults of the man whom they respect and
love above all others? For by their contact
with the-world, they will have found all
men lacking, and have been obliged to show
charity toward them. Will they not have

 

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fight for daily bread, that they will know
how much the welcome smile and cheerful
wordstwill be appreciated by the tired .a-
borer when he returns at night. I think so.

WILD ROSE.
BRIEB CREEK.

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CHAT WITH THE GIRLS.

 

I would like to say to Teeny that I think
a sprinkling with white hellebore and water
(a teaspOonful of hellebore to a gallon of
water) will kill the pests that trouble her
rose buds. An even teaSpoonful is meant.
But, although not positively‘ dangerous to
do so, I think if she has an appetite for eat-
ing roses, it would be as well to not indulge
in it. .

As nearlyas I can remember at this remote
period I was a little girl once, and I think
I had a great liking for roses as a sort of a
fairy food. I rather think I fancied their
perfume entered the system and made the
breath sweet. I am not sure whether I im-
agined the blushes of the leaves were trans-
ferred to the cheeks or not.

I love roses still, and all through their
reign -I like to wear them fastened on my
bodice, where I can inhale their sweet frag-
rance. They are “my favorites next to the
pansy. That stays in blossom so long, and
lifts up such an honest face to you, in addi—
tion to giving us such a sweet, delicate
fragrance, that I install it as prime favorite.

I hope the girls will come again.
A. L. L.

InGLEsmE.
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INDIAN MONEY.

 

Specimen collecting is now quite popular.
Not long ago I received from Washington
Territory a nice box of real Indian money.
The lady who sent it to me says her hus-
band collected it while trading among the
Alaska Indians, and now having no use for
it she sent it to me. The Indian money,
or “wampum ” as they call it, is a rare sea
shell, an inch and a half in length, the sizé
around of a large knitting needle, tapering,
slightly bent, and hollow; the value of each
piece was four cents. I have much more of
this currency than I need for my collection,
and will give what I have to Spare to those
who have none. Any one who would like a
piece of Indian wampum may have it and
welcome, if they enclose a stamp for

postage.

EAST Sumuw.

W
MORE CANNED CORN.

MRS. F. A. WARNER.

 

As the question of canning corn has come
up so many times, I should like to give my
experience on the subject for the benefit of
L. A. R., or any others who may be disposed
to profit by it: I cut the corn off the cobs as

for cooking; pack it into the cans as tightas'

I can press it in, filling the cans almost full
but not quite, leaving nearly an inch. Put
the covers on, but do not screw them per-
fectly tight. Then put a board into the
bottom of the boiler, (I beg leave to differ
with the lady who advised putting in hay,)
set the cans into cold water, heat gradually
to boiling, then boil three hours without in-
termission. Have the water above the
shoulders of the cans, not allowing it to be
below that for any length of time. Have

the teakettle full of boiling waterwith which
to fill it up at any moment. ’ When done
take the boiler off the stove, dip the water
outso as to get the cans out as soon as pos~
sible, and then screw down the covers per-
fectly tight. When using our com put up

in this way we found it just as fresh and

good as if newly picked from the garden.
If any one should be inclined to follow my
method, I think they would find it satisfac-
tory. INTERESTED READER.

TECUMSEH.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

 

 

IT is said that the satteen dresses, at
once so fashionable and so handsome, if
washed in borax water will retain much
more of their original beauty, than if
handled in any other way. ,

 

A GOOD method to clean painted walls is
to pulverize some Bath brick, and after
rubbing a little soap upon a woolen cloth,
dip it in the brick and with it rub the walls.
This will remove dirt without detriment to
the walls.

 

To MAKE a feather duster—which is,
after all, no great addition to ahouskeeper’s
outfit—take the nicest of the turkey’s tail
feathers, and sew them firmly to a strip of
cloth an inch wide and six inches long.
Use an old parasol stick for a handle, and
around the end of this wind the strip of
feathers firmly; add more strips till you
have the bunch as large as you desire.
Cover the strips, where they are wound on
the handle, with a bit of red morocco
leather, or plush or velvet.

 

ERNESTINE, in the Colorado Farmer
says: In blacking and polishing stoves, for
many years we have put on an old glove or
mitten. This was better than getting one’s
hands so black and grimy, but a more excel-
lent way has dawned. Of course everybody
keeps their old paper bags handy. Envelope
the hand in one of these, grasp the brush
and proceed. The bothersome glove and
thick, wooly mitten are both dispensed with!
This is a little thing but the little things and
small matters in life go far in the grand
whole.

 

A BUTTER-MAKER whose product sells
for double ordinary rates, tells the readers
of TheHusbandman how to make brine for
butter:

“Take the best dairy salt and stir in hot
water, as much as can be taken up or dis-
solved and a little more. When thoroughly
stirred, so that the brine has become as
strong as it can be made, strain through a
tightly woven cloth, then set it away to
cool. When cooled pour it on the packages;
if a firkin, to the top of the chime that the
supply may be sufficient for entering every
vacant place. The same process is required
when butter is packed in a jar or tub, the
purpose being to exclude air, the brine
serving this use effectually, and at the same
time keeping its strength and operating in
some degree as a preservative.”

 

THE woman who is compelled to catch
and kill the fowls for the table, may be
glad to know how to do the former grace-
fully and in a dignified and easy fashion.
The N. 72 Times recommends a scoop net,
the handle seven feet long, stout but lithe

 

and light, like a fishing pole; the net of
twine—a cabbage net, in fact, or a piece of
fish net, 'with meshes only two inches wide-
and fastened to a hoop of No. 9 fence wire,
with the ends of the hoop twisted together-
in the form of a shank to fix it to the pole.
Armed with this and a little corn, she-
throws down the enticing bait within reach
of the scoop and deftly dips up her victim,
which is helpless to escape from the deep.
purse-like, treacherous bag. There is no
hurry, no racing around after flying birds,
no unladylike expressions of disgust as the
tail feathers come loose and the prey flies
off with screams of terror and cackles of
anger. A gentle dip and three or four
birds are gathered in, and those left know
nothing Of it.

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“ CHIC” of Holly, asks whether type
writing is a desirable occupation for girls.
Yes, it is both desirable and suitable em~
ployment. In reference to the further“
question, whether situations are easily ob-
tainable by beginners, we would say that
inasmuch as type—writers are chiefly used in.
business offices, where speed and accuracy
are essential, one conversant with the work
would of course obtain a situation far more—
readily than a beginner. Yet it is axiomat-
c that you cannot become proficient with-
out a beginning. If you wish to engage in-
this work, master it as thoroughly as possi- ‘
ble, and obtain a situation, even if at very
low pay, till you can command better wages
by your speed and correctness. When you
have once conquered the business you ought,
to have little difficulty in obtaining work.
But remember it is skilled labor which.

wins.
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IN reply to “Aunt Lucy’s” request to
know on what terms she can obtain the
HOUSEHOLD alone, we would say it is-
never sent except with the FARMER. The
FARMER may be obtained without the
HOUSEHOLD, but wherever the HOUSEHOLD
goes the FARMER must go also. At the
very low rate at which the HOUSEHOLD is,
furnished it would not pay to keep an-
other mail list, which would be necessary if
sent alone.

 

IT is with great pleasure the HOUSEHOLD
Editor acknowledges the receipt of fine
cabinet photographs of M. S. P., of Oke-
mos, and her “whole family,” husband and
son, the latter a smiling laddie of three
years. Miss Mattie Fuller, of Fenton, has.
also kindly presented the Editor with an
excellent cabinet picture of herself.

 

 

Contributed Recipes.

 

SPICE CAKE—One cup of molasses; one cup-
sugar; two-thirds cup butter; one cup sour‘
milk; three eggs; one teaspoonful each of soda,
nutmeg and cinnamon; one-half teaspoonful
cloves; three cups flour. Bake in two tins.

BESS.

 

COFFEE Grins—First take the yolk of one
egg and a heaping teaspoonful of sugar and
salt, butter the size of an egg. Beat all to--

gether a few minutes, and then take half a
cup of sweet milk, and flour to make a stifl
dough, with about two teaSpoonfuls of baking
powder stirred in the flour. Drop these into—
hot gem irons, set on the top grate and bake
quickly. CHIC.

 

HOLLY.

      
     

 

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